Primarily used as venue for football matches, it is the home stadium of Recreio Desportivo de Águeda.

[1] The purchase of the lands were initiated by professor Marques de Queirós, then president of the municipal authority.

The municipal stadium is situated parallel the Souto River fronting various pasturelands and cultivated parcels, nearby the Palace of Borralha.

The stadium includes grass pitch with central, covered bleacher, as well as bunks to the north and west.

The former-trainer Mico Figueiredo once indicated that municipal pitch is the greatest adversary of whom presents a quality game, on the eve of the 1st Division district championship.